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FOCUS AREA:
Climate
production and premises Our energy
consumption is greatest at our Swedish production
facilities in Kinnarp, Jönköping and Skillingaryd.
We’ve therefore carried out energy audits to identify
the potential for energy efficiency measures. We work
continuously to make lighting more efficient, optimise
ventilation and identify air leaks from compressors.
We aim to use more energy from renewable
sources or energy sources with a lower climate
impact. We’ve swapped most of the LPG used in
production at our factory in Jönköping for district
heating, which has a considerably lower climate
impact. This change of energy source saves about
500 tonnes of CO2 per year. At our production unit
in Kinnarp, we also recycle wood waste for briquettes
that heat the factory with fully renewable energy.
At our facility in Skillingaryd, we’ve also installed
a production line for manufacturing plastic compo-
nents, which means that we’re insourcing production
and thus reducing transportation in the production
chain. Hot water is used as a heat source, which in
turn consumes less energy than traditional electrical
coils. During the year, we’ve had charging posts for
EVs installed at our head office and several of our
sales offices. This makes it possible for visitors, em-
ployees and the general public to charge their electric
vehicles when they visit us, are at work or just need
to charge. We’ve also installed solar panels on the
roof of our sales office in Helsingborg during the year.
products and materials Longevity plays
a crucial role in a product’s climate impact over
time. The longer the product can be used, the lower
the climate impact is from a usage perspective.
That’s why quality and the possibility to extend
the life of products are of the utmost importance.
Read more about how we work with this on Page 60.
We use Environmental Product Declarations
(EPDs) to map and evaluate where in the product’s
life cycle the climate impact is greatest and, for
example, identify which material choices we can
make to reduce our climate footprint. An EPD
uses a scientific and third party-audited method
to show the environmental impact of our products.
We work continuously to reduce the climate
impact associated with products and materials.
During the year, at our factory in Kinnarp, we tested
and introduced bio-based lacquer on certain wood
details in our range. The lacquer is partly based
on renewable raw materials from plants instead of
fossil raw materials and means a reduction in carbon
dioxide emissions of approx. 1.5 tonnes per year.
We plan to introduce more bio-based lacquers in
the coming years, which is expected to reduce the
carbon footprint further. During the year, we’ve also
introduced bio-based PUR foam on some Materia and
Skandiform products. This is a material that through
mass balance systems helps to reduce carbon
dioxide emissions from the foam by about 80%.